The Bleacher Bums: July 4, 2005 Archive

Johan Santana and Joe Nathan are going to the 2005 All-Star Game. Is Torii Hunter? Probably not, seeing as he's on the bubble next to two Yankees, Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui. It's never too late, however, to make your voice heard, thanks to the latest weird little tweak to the All-Star tradition: a second fan vote to select the final player on each team's roster, with candidates chosen by the managers. And here I thought the electoral college was complex.